Ahead. We start with a water main break. Cold weather is creating a big mess in silverton. We have a crew on the scene to bring the latest information. Mark let s get right to randi rico with the latest on the forecast. Randi mid 20 s . You think that is warm . It is better than Single Digits. These are actual air temperatures at the moment. The coldest spot, hamilton, 1 degrees below zero. 7 at cvg. Actual air temperatures, Single Digits for most of us. The wind is not superstrong. The crazy wind has died down enough to create a bit of a wind chill. Three Miles Per Hour at cvg. When you see a breeze, the feelslike temperature dips down below zero. The win closer to dayton are closer to 10, 15 Miles Per Hour the wind closer to dayton. Most of the viewing area, it is plain old cold. 8 00 a. M. , subzero wind chills possible. It will be cloudy this afternoon with a high in the mid 20 s. Mark thank you. Bundle up and lookout for slick spots as you head out this morning. Lisa the freezing
Good morning its 4 30. Im kara sewell rob 2 shot and im rob williams. Lets get our first look at the forecast with meteorologist Frank Marzullo. Today decreasing clouds and colder high 36 tonight mainly clear low 25 friday sunny skies high 42 breaking now rob wipe vo breaking rob wipe vo breaking the scene of a deadly house fire in lebanon. This is a look at the scene on kuntz court. Of a person trapped and fire crews confirmed ago that a person died. They say it started on a mattress and quickly spread. Our jordan vilines is on the way to the scene and will bring you a live report at the top of the hour. Rob wipe vo and breaking poltiical news. President ial hopeful Rick Santorum is dropping out of the gop race for president. Santorum won the 2012 iowa caucuses, but failed to gain any traction this time around. He says hell endorse marco rubio. Santorum is the third gop hopeful to drop out this week, following Mike Huckabee and rand paul. A Northern Kentucky youth pastor is behind bar
Sometime mondayindependen ce Police Arrested walton kentucky youth pastorjoe niemeyer. Hes charged tonight with sodomyrapeand first degree sex abuse. Kenton county jail records show Independence Police charged 54 year old joe niemeyer with those three felonies. Jail records show the crimes were all committed on a child under 12 years old. We dont know whether the victim had any connection to new Banklick Baptist church in walton. Thats where the pastor there confirmed to usthat niemeyer was a youth pastorworking alongside his wife at this walton kentucky church. The churchs Facebook Page shows niemeyer involoved in several activities with the youth membersand shows niemeyer on trips with the youth members outside of church. The pastor there tell ushes Close Friends with joe niemeyerand never saw anything to indicate any suspicions with him. Im very sorry to hear about what has happened in his home and were just praying for pretty big deal. Its like a kick in the gut. He was a friend of
Clear and a low of 25 degrees. Then sunny with highs near 42 degrees friday afternoon. An Early Morning fire in lebanon. Our jordan villines was first on the scene. She joins us live with new details about the victim. Live jordan a 66yearold man was found dead in a house fire early thursday, lebanon fire officials said. Crews responded to the 400 block of kuntz court about 2 15 a. M. An elderly woman and her son were inside the home when a small fire broke out in a back bedroom, said lebanon fire chief perry gerome. She was alerted to the blaze by a working fire detector and quickly escaped, he said. She went to a neighbors house, where the neighbor called 911. Flames were showing from the home when firefighters arrived. They put out the fire, which appears to be on a mattress, the chief said. Were unable to revive him. William Scott Thacker was pronounced dead at the scene, gerome said. He was living in the home with his mother and a brother. The cause of the fire remains under invest
Ghostwrite took off today ghost ride took off today. Tammy has more. Tammy hundreds of people in the Cycling Community came out to honor Michael Prater. The ghostwrite took off from Lincoln Airport and ended here. In 600 cyclists came out. Everyone was gathering and after the ride a white ghost bike was near where Michael Prater was killed. It is a reminder for drivers to share the road with other people. The 42yearold worked here at the rookwood store. Investigators say melinda detectives found Drug Paraphernalia in her vehicle after the crash. There is nothing michael could have done. It could happen to anyone at any time. A gofundme page has been set up to help michael s wife and children. We have more information on our website. Courtis thanks a lot. The driver now faces the nuclear homicide charges. Let s turn our attention to whether and get a check of cincinnati s most accurate forecast. Erik not a bad day. We saw a bit of sunshine and temperatures above average for a change. No